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Hvalsey

Kujalleq, Greenland

Hvalseyjarfjord ("Whale Island fjord", Greenlandic Qaqortukulooq) is located at the back of Qaqortoq, Greenland and is the site of Greenland's largest, best-preserved Norse ruins in the area known as the Eastern Settlement (Eystribyggð). In 2017, it was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List and part of the Kujataa Greenland site.

Archaeological site data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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